Category Archives: Twitter

Twitter To Finally Find A Business Model?

April 15, 2008 – 9:23 am

Is Twitter close to finally introducing something resembling a business model? The blogosphere is buzzing today with talk of Twitter adding ads to its posts.

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Twitter Clouds - What Do You Write About?

April 14, 2008 – 9:49 pm

What do you write about?
Tweet Clouds, an created by John Krutsch and Jared Stein, lets you answer that question.
The tool creates a “tag cloud” - a visual representation of what you write about - for your Twitter posts. More common words are displayed in a larger font, so it’s easy to see your [...]

By Dave Fleet | Also posted in social media, tools | Comments (1)

Expand Your Twitter Network With Two New Services

April 9, 2008 – 10:16 pm

Finding interesting people to follow is one of the biggest challenges for new Twitter users. It really helps to have people there whenever you log on, to answer questions, solve problems and generally communicate with. Without a community to participate in, posting to Twitter can be like a tree falling in a forest.
Two tools came [...]

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Scoble’s Dead Wrong About Twitter

March 27, 2008 – 11:05 pm

Robert Scoble wrote a post a few days ago saying that the secret to Twitter is following a lot of people:
I’ve gone through stages with Twitter. At some point I thought it was important to get lots of followers. But lately I’ve been telling people that the secret to Twitter isn’t how many followers you [...]

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Why SocialThing Trumps FriendFeed… And The Rest

March 21, 2008 – 10:07 pm

Lately, I’ve noticed a growth in aggregation tools. For me, SocialThing leads the way.

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Another Killer Twitter App?

March 19, 2008 – 5:30 pm

This post is a little out of the ordinary for me. I’m floating an idea to see if it would work or not. I often do this via Twitter, but this one’s a little more than 140 characters.
Twitter Organizer
Dave Jones posted a note on Twitter the other day that sparked a few thoughts for me.
Dave [...]

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Reality Check On Twitter

March 11, 2008 – 11:07 pm

It’s time to stand up and call "bullshit" on people who say Twitter is replacing blogs.
Don’t get me wrong - I love Twitter. I use it more than any other social media tool, I have a lot of connections on there and I get a lot out of it. But it’s not replacing blogs (not [...]

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Twitter… In Plain English

March 6, 2008 – 8:05 am

Here’s a fantastic new video that explains Twitter in plain language. This should help you understand and explain what all the buzz is about.

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How To Use Twitter Packs — And Twitter — Successfully

January 28, 2008 – 11:17 pm

Twitter can be pretty intimidating. To people just starting out following few people, and with few followers of their own, it can seem like their words are disappearing into the ether.
After a few days of broadcasting into silence, those people drift away having never realized the immense potential of this tool.
I recently wrote [...]

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Twitter Packs, Tweetmeme and Releasing Social Media Metrics

January 28, 2008 – 9:21 pm

Technorati Tags: tweetscan,twitter packs,metrics,social media,seesmic

By Dave Fleet | Also posted in measurement, social media, statistics | Comments (0)